Towel-holder



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TOWEL HOLDER. No. 304,934. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

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GEORGE J. L. JANES, OF'OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOWEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,934, datedSeptember 9, 1884.

Application filed December 18, 1883.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. L. James, a subject of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTowel-Holders,of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to an improvement in towel-holders; and itconsists in certain peculiarities of construction and arrangement of thesame, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexeddrawings, in which--Figure 1 is aside elevation of my invention; and Fig. 2, a cross-sectionof the same on line w m, Fig. 1.

A represents the holder, consisting of a metal casting formed like aninverted U, and suspended from a counter or other place by means of ascrew-eye, B, as usual. One arm of the holder is formed broad at itslower end, and concaved upon its inner side, as seen at a, and has itslower inner corners, a, turned in, as shown in Fig. 2. The other arm, 0,is

bifurcated at its lower end, and has hinged therein a bar, b, having ahead, 1/, with a curved face, lying normally within the concave arm a,and upon a web or bottom, of the same, as seen in the drawings. Thetowel to be suspended is drawn up within the holder, and the bar I),dropping into place, holds the material into the concave arm a, and thecorners a fold the cloth completely around the head I), thus securelyholding the towel in place, and preventing it from being removed (N0model.)

till the hinged bar is lifted. The surfaces with which the materialcomes in contact being smooth, the goods are not liable to undue wear orto have their threads strained apart, as is frequently the case in theholders in common use.

To look the bar from being lifted by accident, I place upon the arm 0 aneccentric ring, 0, and form the bar I) with a notch, If. \Vhen the baris dropped into place, the ring'slips down upon it, and, being turnedtill its larger part fills the notch b", effectually prevents the barfrom being lifted till the lock is removed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. In a towel-holder, a U-shaped holder having one arm recessed and theother pro vided with a hinged bar formed with a head adapted to dropinto said recess, substantially as shown and described.

2. Inatowel-holder,a U-shapedholder hav ing one arm broadened andrecessed, in combination with a bar hinged to the other arm, and adaptedto lie in said recess, and a looking device, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. r

3. In a towel-holder, the part A, having the recessed part a, cornersa,and ledge a", in combination with the hinged bar I), having notch b,and head I), and the eccentric locking-ri1ig O, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. J. L. JANES.

\Vitnesses:

W. O. MOARTHUR. (firms. KRESSMANN.

